Free Speech

Everyone seems to be worried about free speech with the Kimmel situation. But let me tell an example and see what you think...

I sometimes read a Reddit thread called r/Burbank for local information. A few weeks ago, an anti-ICE thread began popping up in the Burbank thread because of video of raid ICE supposedly did on a local business here in Burbank. This thread had 100s of entries all of which were strongly against ICE and some of which were threatening harm against ICE. 

The only problem - Burbank PD and the local newspaper already reported the video was NOT of ICE, but rather LA Sheriff's doing some type of drug bust. 

So I posted the article to the ICE thread and said this was violating the terms of the discussion board on two levels: spreading misinformation and promoting violence (against ICE).

What was the moderators response?

They booted me off the anti-ICE thread because of a different rule: no voices allowed in support of ICE.

Consider this. I wasn't even commenting on ICE, nor did I want anything to do with the ICE thread. It only came to me because I was on the r/Burbank thread. So I wanted the correct information to be out there. But instead, they opted to violate their own stated rules: pushing disinformation and promoting violence. 

Now you tell me...is this the free speech we want? Because this is what free speech mostly feels like in left-coded spaces.